I made this thread because
1) Misinformed individuals are linking the conflict between Israel-Palestine with religion (Jews-Muslim). This thread will show that minority Jews living inside a majority Muslim country run on Islamic Laws are protected citizens and also not threatended by the government.
2) Misinformed individuals keep suggesting that the President of Iran wants to kill the Jews. Yet, in the same article his office has donated money to the Jewish hospital inside Iran. For those who are still misinformed, the President of Iran while crazy and lunatic has always talked about the Jews-Christians-Muslims uniting together to get rid of Israel.
-What does this mean, "get rid of Israel"? It means he wants Israel and Palestine to unite.
Of course it doesn't matter if this is possible or not or even realistic. It simply puts an end to the statements that he wants the Jews dead.
Debating this is pointless. Iran's President does not control Iran and he is not the most powerful figure.
[The Article]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5367892.stm
It is not a sight you would expect in a revolutionary Islamic state, but there are synagogues dotted all over Iran where Jews discreetly practise their religion.
"Because of our long history here we are tolerated," says Jewish community leader Unees Hammami, who organised the prayers.
Despite the offence Mahmoud Ahmedinejad has caused to Jews around the world, his office recently donated money for Tehran's Jewish hospital.
In between chopping up meat, butcher Hersel Gabriel tells me how he expected problems when he came back from Israel, but in fact the immigration officer didn't say anything to him.
He says the father of Iran's revolution, Imam Khomeini, recognised Jews as a religious minority that should be protected.
"It's not a problem coming and going; I went to Israel once through Turkey and once through Cyprus and it was not problem at all," she says.
Article - JPOST
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?...&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Ishak insists that life in Iran is far better for Jews than life in Israel.
"If you have problems there, people help you - and they know you are Jewish," said Ishak, who has now briefly returned to Israel to sell his shop and leave for good. "But here, everyone is looking out for himself. You can't trust anybody."
Ishak is not the only recent immigrant who prefers his Islamic birthplace to his Jewish homeland. Jerusalem's Jaffa Road and Rehov Ben-Yehuda are lined with shopkeepers originally from Iran who say they are desperate to go back - some to visit, some to live.
And while most outsiders might believe that routine contact between the citizens of the two sworn enemies is impossible, in fact, not only are the phone lines between Teheran and Tel Aviv used actively, but so also are flight routes via Istanbul.
"The Jews there live very well," he explained. "When [Ayatollah Ruhollah] Khomeini got in power he said there is a difference between Persian Jews who are from Moussa (Moses) and Zionist Jews."
1) Misinformed individuals are linking the conflict between Israel-Palestine with religion (Jews-Muslim). This thread will show that minority Jews living inside a majority Muslim country run on Islamic Laws are protected citizens and also not threatended by the government.
2) Misinformed individuals keep suggesting that the President of Iran wants to kill the Jews. Yet, in the same article his office has donated money to the Jewish hospital inside Iran. For those who are still misinformed, the President of Iran while crazy and lunatic has always talked about the Jews-Christians-Muslims uniting together to get rid of Israel.
-What does this mean, "get rid of Israel"? It means he wants Israel and Palestine to unite.
Of course it doesn't matter if this is possible or not or even realistic. It simply puts an end to the statements that he wants the Jews dead.
Debating this is pointless. Iran's President does not control Iran and he is not the most powerful figure.
[The Article]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5367892.stm
It is not a sight you would expect in a revolutionary Islamic state, but there are synagogues dotted all over Iran where Jews discreetly practise their religion.
"Because of our long history here we are tolerated," says Jewish community leader Unees Hammami, who organised the prayers.
Despite the offence Mahmoud Ahmedinejad has caused to Jews around the world, his office recently donated money for Tehran's Jewish hospital.
In between chopping up meat, butcher Hersel Gabriel tells me how he expected problems when he came back from Israel, but in fact the immigration officer didn't say anything to him.
He says the father of Iran's revolution, Imam Khomeini, recognised Jews as a religious minority that should be protected.
"It's not a problem coming and going; I went to Israel once through Turkey and once through Cyprus and it was not problem at all," she says.
Article - JPOST
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?...&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Ishak insists that life in Iran is far better for Jews than life in Israel.
"If you have problems there, people help you - and they know you are Jewish," said Ishak, who has now briefly returned to Israel to sell his shop and leave for good. "But here, everyone is looking out for himself. You can't trust anybody."
Ishak is not the only recent immigrant who prefers his Islamic birthplace to his Jewish homeland. Jerusalem's Jaffa Road and Rehov Ben-Yehuda are lined with shopkeepers originally from Iran who say they are desperate to go back - some to visit, some to live.
And while most outsiders might believe that routine contact between the citizens of the two sworn enemies is impossible, in fact, not only are the phone lines between Teheran and Tel Aviv used actively, but so also are flight routes via Istanbul.
"The Jews there live very well," he explained. "When [Ayatollah Ruhollah] Khomeini got in power he said there is a difference between Persian Jews who are from Moussa (Moses) and Zionist Jews."
Facebook
Twitter